More: Russia
Anxiety in Ankara: Assassination, Geopolitics, and Democracy in Turkey
On December 19, 2016, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, was assassinated by Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, an off-duty police officer, in Ankara during...
Market Insights: A new year full of challenges
A new year—new issues, new aims and ambitions. In the first snippet of Market Insights let us see what are the most pressing issues...
Expelling Russian Diplomats – Obama’s Motivation
The big news lately is the expulsion last week of 35 Russian diplomats in retaliation for alleged Russian hacking of the Democratic National Committee...
Pax Trumpica – A New Era of American Peace or More of the Same?
Pax Romana and Pax Britannica marked an era of relative peace and prosperity for both the Roman and British Empire, respectively. After World War...
The “ceasefire” in Syria
The previous two Syrian "ceasefires" of February and September last were substantial failures. Mediated by too diverging interests, they were bogged down in a...
President Trump: The US Tie-binding Strategy for South-Central Asia is at Stake
The US is concentrating on the Middle East, Eastern Europe, the Baltic States and the Scandinavia region to segregate Russia. The US is, also,...
Outfoxing Signal From SCO for India: Russia Turned Strategic to Strange Partner
Since its inception, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has been as a Eurasian political, economic, and military organization. Initially, it has five members -China,...
Aleppo:A Global Village of Idiots
"Aleppo” as a term has become something of a buzz word in the West that is still full of ignorance: while many have heard...
Interview: Russia’s business and investment opportunities in Africa
With new trends and directions in global business, African countries have to look to the Eurasian region as a huge market for exports as...
The curious case of a Russian hacking
Ever since Donald Trump won the elections, the Democrats who have been (or ‘were’) very magnanimous about the fact they would accept the election...